The suspected killer of Sydney Sutherland admitted ramming the Arkansas nurse with his pickup truck as she was out jogging, then loading her into the vehicle and driving to a remote area, recently filed court documents say, as reported by Arkansas Online. Quake Lewellyn, 28, has been charged with kidnapping, rape, and capital murder in …
A 3-week-old infant was knowingly placed into a foster home with a sexually aggressive teenage boy who raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Marion County, Florida. The lawsuit charges that Kids Central, which manages child welfare in the Ocala region, and The Centers, which provides case management services, knew that the …
A kidnapping Thursday night led to an overnight crime spree that left a 2-year-old Louisiana child dead after the suspect fired randomly into a house where the boy was, The Advocate reported. Kendrick Myles, 41, was arrested just before 3 a.m. Friday after a standoff with police that followed an unsuccessful attempt by a relative …
A Kentucky teacher tried to bring her three children to safety after her husband opened fire in their home in Perry County, but one of the two children shot has died. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, 36-year-old David Hampton allegedly shot two of his children at a home on or near Montgomery County Road on …
On Tuesday, police in Louisiana issued an arrest warrant for a man who allegedly fatally beat his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter earlier this month. A law enforcement source told the Times-Picayune that Anfernee Steele, 21, was entrusted to watch Jo’nyri Hawkins at a New Orleans hotel room on October 3. The mother reportedly returned to the …
On Thursday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania denied a request to dismiss charges against the man accused of opening fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018, killing 11 people. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Robert Bowers sought to have charges dropped that were related to the Hate Crimes Protection Act and the …
A Montana man was booked into jail Thursday for allegedly murdering his stepsister, who was found dead in a car in Iowa in 1999. Matt Kennedy, 52, was charged with the first-degree murder of Kimberly Ratliff, 22. Ratliff was found dead in her car in a parking lot in Council Bluffs; her body was mutilated …
A 12-year-old Georgia girl has died after a lice infestation that may have lasted as long as three years. Kaitlyn Yozviak lived with her parents in a bug-infested and rat-infested home. Coroners say the lice made the girl anemic, which resulted in a heart attack. Yozviak’s parents have been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree …
A child caregiver who ran an unlicensed daycare was sentenced to probation Wednesday for the deaths of twin toddlers. Twins Elijah and Elyssa Orejuela were in the care of Jennifer Salley, 37, at her Om Baby Knoxville daycare center when they both fell into her pool on July 30, 2018. At the time, Salley didn’t …
Lawyers representing R. Kelly said Friday that jail staff stood by as an inmate attacked the singer in his cell in August. Attorney Michael Leonard asked yet again for Kelly’s release from the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Illinois. Leonard wrote in court documents that inmate Jeremiah Farmer, 39, “roamed a great distance” in the …
Family members of a missing Louisiana mom who disappeared three years ago are hoping for answers that will bring them closure. Cindy Orsborn, 23, vanished on June 14, 2017. Family members said Orsborn, a mom of two young children, was last seen at a home in the Winn Parish area of Calvin, Louisiana, that she …
A Texas woman is behind bars after she allegedly raped her own child. KFDX reports that Brittany Rouleau, 34, is facing aggravated sexual assault charges in connection with a disturbing incident involving her 12-year-old son. According to police, Rouleau raped her son in the bed they shared together at their Wichita Falls home in 2018. …
